Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this bundle for the spring and fall visits. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it by stories and window count.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. The quote covers the exterior glass only. We do not bundle interior and exterior glass into one price, because the inside is not part of this visit. Cleaning solutions, water-fed poles and ladders are part of the crew's work and do not show up as a line item.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and steep roofs take more time on the ladder. Window count and oversized panes change the number of passes. Gutters not cleaned in years, packed with leaves and needles, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are added to the time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Lake Forest jobs, the quotes that run highest tend to come from houses with a third story, a wraparound porch, and a long run of picture windows. For a precise number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows face out. We will return a quote you can check against the invoice. Ask us about regular cleanings on a schedule, which keeps each visit shorter than a first cleaning after a long gap.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Across Illinois, most customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, so one crew in one visit covers both. Many homeowners pair professional window cleaning with the gutter work, so the two cleaning services happen on one schedule.
Every spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and sticky tree debris packed into the gutters. In fall the leaf load is the main job, and it arrives all at once. Clogged gutters are the first thing that hurts curb appeal, so the fall visit usually starts there. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, so we book around the forecast rather than the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road or construction tends to build up faster. On multi-story buildings, each gutter run takes more time on the ladder, and gutters left clogged through a storm season are how water damage starts at the fascia. Our crew sees the spots that come back a day after cleaning on those houses, and that is the usual sign of sprinkler water, not dirt.
Windows need a cleaning when you see haze only in low sun on the outside glass. Haze on the windows inside the house is a different job, and we will tell you so. Gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a rain. Call and we will look at either with you.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
We clean residential properties, and we handle residential and commercial work with the same crew and the same order of work, so a residential window or a commercial building gets the same care. Booking starts with an estimate at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Our goal on every visit is to leave clean windows and clear gutters. Our lead time is shown when you book, and we call before we come.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, when our calendar fills. Book early in those months to schedule service on the date you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we ask that you tell us about any gate or pet we should know about. Every window on the outside of the house is included, and the sill below each pane is wiped as part of the job.
Yes. Our own crew handles the window cleaning services and the gutter work on the same visit, and gutters always come first. The leaves, grit and black runoff from the gutters and downspouts run down the wall, so we clear the roof, the gutters and the downspouts before we touch the glass.
Our washing services are priced by the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 for the number, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between seasons. Cleaning the inside does not remove dirt from the outside glass, so the outside is where most of the grime is, on houses and condos alike.
Across Illinois, our spring visits usually land in late May to June and fall visits in late October to November. Book early in those months, because the calendar fills.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, the gutter run splashes it again, so we keep that order on every house.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. They are not billed as extras.
Exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean interior windows or do pressure washing, and we will tell you if something outside needs a different service.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
